While Yang Zhen was hesitating whether to launch a final general offensive and deal the final blow to the Japanese army led by General Shih-line, Yasui Fujiharu over there had already made up his mind to withdraw the entire army to the south immediately and join up with the southern troops commanded by Major General Saburo of Katayama Province.
.【.Com text】Touji Yasui knew that based on the current progress of the war and the number of casualties he had suffered, he would not be able to hold on for much longer if he continued to fight. If he did not retreat as soon as possible, what awaited him would be the end of Nemoto Hiro.
Yasui Toji is now very fortunate that Major General Katayama Saburo was not bewitched by Hattori Takushiro and carried out his prudent orders very thoroughly. He chose to take a detour to the south bank of the Nada River instead of directly crossing the Juntoku line to the north.
Otherwise, with the defense empty, your own retreat will be completely cut off.
Originally, according to Yasui Toji's plan, when he chose the intersecting route for the circuitous Katayama Shozaburo, he did not choose the Juntoku line to intersect directly to the northwest. Instead, he detoured to the south bank of the Nada River to avoid the opponent's possible blocking troops.
Put on the posture of the 25th Western Aid Division to attract the opponent's attention and relax their vigilance.
However, he did not expect that the attack was a mistake. As soon as he arrived at the front line of Wangshazitun, he encountered the enemy's troops that had penetrated behind him. Without the outflanking troops led by Major General Katayama, it would have been difficult to stop him with the six squadrons deployed at the rear and flanks, with less than a thousand troops.
It can withstand the fierce attack of the opponent's nearly 10,000 well-equipped troops.
Fujiji Yasui, who has a stable personality, does not believe that his second division is really capable of blocking ten with one. Unless the equipment of the two sides is too disparate, and there is effective air and ground artillery cover. However, Major General Saburo Katayama is fighting against the enemy's outflanking troops.
Judging from the battle report sent after the encounter, it was obvious that the opponent's gap with the Second Division was not as big as imagined in some respects despite losing air support.
In fact, Yasui Toji's intention to retreat had already begun when Yang Zhen launched his counterattack. However, retreating after a short engagement would really undermine the majesty of the imperial army. And in Yasui Toji's view, although his opponent had defeated the imperial army several times,
division. But we may not be able to find an opportunity with the second division.
Yasui Toji's previous steady attack was not because he didn't want to wipe out Yang Zhen's troops in one go, nor was he afraid. But in his opinion, the reason why other imperial troops failed to attack was that they underestimated the enemy and divided their forces.
Rushing forward gave the opponent every opportunity to defeat them. That's why he kept tightly hugging his troops into a ball and used rolling tactics to squeeze them little by little.
Compared with other generals of the Japanese army, Fujiharu Yasui is just not that arrogant. In other aspects, he is no different from ordinary Japanese generals. Especially in terms of unscrupulous means, Fujiji Yasui is no different. He should use poisonous gas.
At that time, he did not let go at all. It was only that Yang Zhen's troops were fully equipped with gas masks, which made his poison gas tactics ineffective.
Originally, when Yang Zhen counterattacked across the board, he was prepared to fight. He even planned to use the Japanese army of General Shixian as the center to attract the opponent's main force to his side. After waiting for Major General Katayama Province Taro to defeat the opponent's roundabout troops, he
Lieutenant General Toji Yasui, who withdrew and quickly headed north, simmering his opponent into a pot, did not expect that his heart would grow colder.
Now, he was almost filled with regret. Only then did he realize that his colleague's defeat was not entirely unjust. He did not expect that his opponent's attack would be so powerful, and his skills and tactics were far beyond his expectations.
After a fierce battle in the middle of the night and half a day, the troops of General Shi's Second Division suffered heavy losses. Not only were the casualties huge, but even his own division headquarters was defeated by the opponent. If the guard squadron hadn't fought hard to block it, the troops would have been destroyed.
If not, I will repeat the mistake of Lieutenant General Nemoto, who died gloriously on the battlefield.
Yasui Toji, who withdrew to the position of the 30th Regiment, received a request for help from each regiment or a farewell message from a certain unit. Faced with increasing losses, almost half of the troops could be on the roster.
With the reality that it had been canceled or lost its combat effectiveness, Fujiharu Yasui no longer cared about the dignity of the 2nd Division and ordered all regiments to immediately retreat southward from their current positions except for leaving some troops to block the opponent.
After a fierce battle in the middle of the night and a whole morning, although Yang Zhen's troops were unable to finally defeat the Japanese resistance, they were able to cut the entire Japanese defense of the General Shi line to pieces. Despite several efforts, the Japanese troops of the General Shi line were
, but it has never been able to return to the previous situation. The divided units of the Second Division can almost only fight independently, and can no longer form a complete cooperation.
Even after the division headquarters was destroyed and retreated to the 30th Regiment, Yasui Toji sadly found that the troops he could directly command were still only the 30th Regiment's incomplete brigade, plus two engineering squadrons.
And they also have to face constant attacks from their opponents. As for the remaining group of the 30th Regiment, they were wiped out in the fierce fighting last night and in the morning.
Faced with the situation at hand, Yasui Fujiji was more determined to immediately separate from his opponents and retreat south as soon as possible. However, the various units of the Second Division, which were already fighting independently, could no longer form unified and coordinated actions.
Fujiji Yasui could only order each ministry to act independently.
At the same time, in order to increase the hope of the success of the escape operation, Yasui Toji sent several telegrams to Major General Katayama Shozaburo one after another, urging him to immediately get rid of his opponents and quickly go north to support the main battle. In his opinion, even Katayama Shozaburo could not defeat him.
opponent, but there is no problem in getting rid of the opponent.
Fujiji Yasui had a good idea, but it was quite difficult to implement it. Whether it was Du Kaishan and Liu Changshun who attacked from the front, or Tao Jingfei who attacked from the flanks, they failed to make decisive progress in the previous attacks.
However, while constantly bleeding the Japanese troops, they firmly held the Japanese troops in front of General Shixian. Now that they are here, they still want to leave, but it is not that easy.
Moreover, as soon as Anjing Toji started moving, Yang Zhen over there was immediately keenly aware of the Japanese army's situation reported from below. Since the counterattack was launched, Yang Zhen asked Du Kaishan and Liu Changshun to report the Japanese army's situation every half an hour.
Dynamic. Although Yang Zhen could not fully understand the actions of the Japanese Second Division, he at least had a thorough understanding of them.
And Toji Yasui never thought that it was his move that made Yang Zhen, who had previously not wanted to suffer too many casualties and was still a little hesitant about the final attack, make up his final determination.
After a brief discussion with Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen adjusted part of the deployment. In addition to Guo Bingxun's original adjustment inconvenience, he transferred a battalion from Liu Changshun's department to replace Du Kaishan. Two battalions were used to deal with the Japanese Fourth Alliance.
The remaining troops of the 16th Regiment were suppressed with the strength of one battalion, and all Du Kaishan's troops were devoted to penetrating the Japanese army in depth.
At the same time, he ordered Tao Jingfei, the general who was bearing the greatest pressure among the three front lines at this time and who faced the largest number of Japanese troops, to persist at all costs until the two battalions led by Du Kaishan arrived. Before the arrival of reinforcements, the Japanese army must be blocked in the south.
Evacuation route.
Yang Zhen's plan is very simple. As long as the Japanese army on the front line of General Shi is defeated, the Japanese roundabout detachment currently in the north of Tangyuan will be unable to support itself. Even if it cannot be forced to retreat without a fight, it can at least be trapped in Tangyuan.
The northern region makes it unable to continue moving northward.
It is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten of them. This is Yang Zhen's creed in commanding operations. Only when the Japanese troops are hurt and scared will they withdraw on their own. Since the Second Division now walks on two legs, then
Just break one of his legs. The lame Second Division will become timid.
After receiving a telegram from Yang Zhen ordering him to strangle the Japanese army's southern retreat route at all costs, Tao Jingfei, who had restored contact with Mu Changqiu, could only smile silently. In the battle with the Second Battalion of the Thirty Regiment, although he
They won the battle and annihilated most of their troops. However, due to their tenacious counterattack, their own casualties were also considerable.
It was definitely a head-to-head battle. The 1st Battalion of the 9th Regiment commanded by Chi Feng, with the cooperation of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Regiment that was subsequently recruited, and a complete brigade of the 30th Regiment, as well as an infantry squadron and two engineering squadrons
A fierce offensive battle ensued.
After discovering that the opponent was coming from his flank, although he did not have an advantage in troops and an absolute disadvantage in firepower, the Second Battalion of the 30th Regiment, under the command of Major Kono Yuzo, the captain, responded with all his strength without fear.
After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, after two more squadrons were transferred, the Second Battalion, which had only two squadrons left, plus one squadron from the Third Battalion, the two Communist squadrons fought hard and fought hard.
The casualties were heavy. However, the 1st Battalion of the 9th Regiment also suffered heavy losses. Almost all of the battalion suffered casualties and completely lost its combat effectiveness.
In this battle, in addition to the fact that the 1st Battalion of the 9th Regiment was almost completely wiped out, a company of the 2nd Battalion commanded by Tao Jingfei was also injured, and more than one company of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Regiment, which followed, were casualties.
There are less than two battalions of troops.
However, after falling behind during the detour, he took the initiative to attack the Japanese army in front of them, taking away the Japanese artillery position and its headquarters. Currently, he was fighting fiercely with two squadrons of the 29th Regiment, but Mu Changqiu was tightly entangled by them.
Not only can't we allocate troops to support him, but we still need some reinforcements from him here.
In fact, Mu Changqiu is not only unable to support him now, but even needs his support. Not counting the casualties during the surprise attack on the Japanese artillery, the casualties in the attack on the 2nd Division Headquarters and the fierce battle with its guard squadron alone were nearly half. If
The two artillery companies directly under the mountain artillery battalion of the accompanying brigade were able to provide strong support. In the fierce battle with the two squadrons of the 29th Regiment, Mu Changqiu might even suffer a big loss.
In desperation, Tao Jingfei tried every means to mobilize a company of reinforcements from the troops he had that were still capable of fighting, and Mu Changqiu stabilized the battle and was not driven back by the Japanese army.
Although Du Kaishan was already rushing to reinforce him, for Tao Jingfei, he had to bypass almost the entire Jiangjunshi First Line battlefield to reach his reinforcements. He had no idea when they would arrive.
After transferring a company to Mu Changqiu, Tao Jingfei, whose troops were even thinner, could only place his hope on his brigade commander to speed up the march and try to join him before the Japanese breakout operation started. Otherwise, Tao Jingfei would not dare
Ensure how long your troops can last under the full force of the Japanese attack.
In fact, Tao Jingfei's worries are not unfounded. Although the strength of the Japanese army under General Shixian has been greatly weakened, coupled with the fierce battle last night, it can be said that the casualties have been two-thirds. At this moment, the troops under the direct command of Fujiji Yasui
In addition to an infantry squadron put together by the First Battalion of the 30th Regiment using the wounded and other non-combatants, and the remaining squadrons after the Second Battalion was transferred away, there were only two engineering squadrons.
But Tao Jingfei did not dare to underestimate these forces, which were extremely weak before they were divided. In the previous battle that defeated the second division of the 30th Regiment, Tao Jingfei had fully appreciated the combat effectiveness of the second division. He
You know, even those non-combat troops such as engineers and baggage troops are extremely powerful in combat effectiveness.
The company that was lost by the 2nd Battalion of the 9th Regiment under the direct command of Tao Jingfei was lost in a fierce battle with an engineer squadron covering the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Regiment. Although the resistance of the engineer squadron was eventually defeated, the company
He also suffered two-thirds casualties in the fierce battle and lost his combat effectiveness.
Tao Jingfei, who had eaten a pot of uncooked rice before, did not dare to take non-combat troops such as the engineers of the Second Division lightly. His vigilance did not make him look down on them because they were non-combat troops.
Sure enough, Toji Yasui's engineer-based breakout operation gave Tao Jingfei a disastrous start. His leading engineer squadron, under the cover of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, was under the command of his officers and non-commissioned officers.
Next, adopt the usual pig-like attack method.
It was these engineers who even broke into the blocking troops' positions several times. If it weren't for the light and heavy mortar companies of the two regiments, which used artillery fire to stop the follow-up troops at all costs, almost in the first hour of Fujiji Yasui's breakthrough
, a big hole would be ripped open in the blocking position. Chi Feng, who was in charge of the front-line battle, spent a lot of effort to drive out the Japanese troops who broke into his position.
Although they withstood the first wave of Japanese troops' breakout operations at any cost, as Yasui Fujiji gradually increased the input of troops, and after transferring a company to Mu Changqiu, the actual strength of the troops had plummeted to a reinforced battalion. Tao Jingfei felt that
The pressure is increasing.
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